Nose-gage.



N0. 663,!65. Patented Dec. 4,1900.

6 A. m. FRANKEL.

NOSE GAGE. (Application 6166 Au 1, 1899.)

(No Mqdel.)

' ATTORNEY mm wnsumm'ou a c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM M. FEANKEL, on NEW YORK, N Y.

NOSEJGAGEA SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,165, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed August 1 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, ABRAM M. FRANKEL, of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nose- Gages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in nose-gages in which the various parts are adapted to measure the nose, so as to determine the measurements of spectacles or eyeglasses to fit the same.

The objects of my improvements are to provide in one compact instrument the parts of which cooperate with each other means for the various measurements which are necessary in order to determine the size and shape of the spectacle-bridge 0r eyeglass'guard and its angle of inclination to the plane of the glasses.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 represents a cross-section of a part of my device through the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing the same in use to determine the distance outward of the plane of the glass, as hereinafter set forth. Fig. 2 represents a crosssection of another part of my device through the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing the same in use to determine the width of the base and the height of the bridge of the nose. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of my invention. Fig. 4 represents a complete cross-section of my invention through the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A is a thin plate of metal or other suitably rigid material, having a projecting stationary arm 0. E is a smaller plate pivoted on plate A at p. E is provided at one end with the arm a, which corresponds in shape to arm 0. Pivot p is so located and the arm 6 is of such size as that when in use the extreme points of the arms e and C will be equidistant from a point selected on the plate A-as, for example, the pivot 19 The plate E is provided at the end opposite the arm 6 with a pointed end c which travels along the scale to upon an arm H, projecting from and rigidly attached to plate A.

h is a fiat spring attached to one end of the plate H and with its other end taking against the shoulder b in plate E. The pressure of Serial No. 725,771. \No model.)

the spring h tends to make the plate E rc-.

volve in the direction of the arm 0, and thereby creates a pressure against the sides of the nose, when the instrument is in use,

so that'the distance between the ends of the arms 0 and e will measure accurately the width of the base of the nose. The ends of the arms 0 and e are modeled to suit the shape of the base of the nose. The revolution of the plate E in the direction of the arm 0 is checked by the stop a, attached to the plate A.

Sliding on the pivot p, attached to the under side of the plate A, is a plate I, of metal or other suitably rigid material, the shape of which may be varied; but it should be hollowed out at the edge j, so as to receive and approximately fit the bridge of the nose. The plate I is provided with a slot at, by which the plate I moves back-and forth upon the pivot 19. dis a flat spring attached to the reverse side of the plate A at f, which takes against the stop g, attached to the plate I at the end of the slot 00, whereby when the plate I is pushed in the direction of the pivot 19 it meets the resistance of the spring d, so that the plate I will only be moved in the direction of the pivot 19' as the pressure on the edgej makes necessary, so that when this pressure is released the plate I will return to its former position. The stop g, also attached to plate I, extends through the slot to in plate A, so as to prevent the revolution of plate I.

7c is a scale upon the arm 0, intended to mark the height of the bridge of the nose. This scale, as also a scale to on the arm H and all other scales shown in the drawings and hereinafter described, may be based upon any suitable systemas, for example, the

fractional parts of an inch or millimeters or other fractional measurements of the metric system. Upon the plate I is marked a line or arrow M, which registers upon the scale It the distance which the plate I moves in the direction of the pivot p when the plate I is pushed inward by the pressure of the nose.

Q is a thin plate, of metal or other suitably rigid material, provided with the slot q, through which and through'the slot P in the plate A the pivot 0 passes, so that the plate Q can move freely back and forth from the edge B of the plate A to the inner end of the slot P. The pivot moves freely'in the slot 13, being held in place by the washer m. The stem of the pivot o is preferably elongated, so as to receive the spiral spring a, held in place by the washer m, Which spiral spring gives a tension to the movement of the plate Q. At B the plate A is modeled or hollowed out to suit the general shape of the bridgeof'the nose. The central portion of the plateQ is cut out correspondingly, so as to fit against a raised lip on the edge of the plate A at B.

The plate Q is provided with two projecting arms R and R Upon one of these arms-- as, forexample, R is a scale of measurement 1", and upon the plate A is an arrow 2:, which registers upon the scale 7 the distance which the crest of the bridge or eyeglass guard should project outward from the plane of the glasses Where the eyes-recede. 'y is a similar scale on the plate A, upon which the edge at of the arm R similarly registers the distance inward from the plane of the glasses of the bridge or eyeglassguard where the eyes are prominent.

s is a stationary projecting point upon one of the arms of the plate Q-as, for example, the arm R 5 is a movable point Whichmay bemade to travel along the arm Ri'n any suitable way, as by a set-screw t, pivoted at t and passing through a movable point 8 and engaging with the same by means of a female screw cut on the interior surface of the aperture in point 3 through which the set-screw passes in the usual manner. The object'of the points 8 and 8 together with the set-screw just described, is to measure the pupilary distance or the distance between the pupils of the eyes, so as to determine where the center of the glasses should fall.

Movable point 8 indicates this distance upon the scale r upon the arm R.,

I am aware that the device for measuring thepupilary distance is not new, and I do not claim it as part of my invention, and the same may be omitted from my. improved nose-gage without affecting its usefulness, being shown here as attached to the nosegage simply for convenience.

My improved nose-gage being placed with the edgej of the plate I against the bridge-of the nose, in the position shown in Fig.. 2, is pressed downward until the points of the arms 0 and e are stopped by the cheeks on either side of the base of the nose. The arrow 10 will then indicate on the scale 75 the height of the bridge of the nose. At the same time the plate E will revolve as the nose presses the arm 6 to one side, and the pointed arm 6 extremities of the arms 0 and e shall be any arbitrarily-selected distanceas, for example, one-half an inch. Then by placing the lines on the scale at properly-graduated distances the arni e as it revolves will indicate in succession five-eighths and any other fractional part of an inch. By reversing the nosegage and resting the curved lipped end B of the plate A against the upper part of the bridge ofthe nosein a line with the pupils of the eyes, as shown in Fig. 1, the distance of the crest of the spectacle-bridge or eyeglass-gua rd out- Ward or inward from the plane of the glasses may be registered, as hereinbefore indicated. The device described for measuring the pnpilary distance, if it is desired to combine it with my. improved nose-gage, is used in the ordinary manner.

Other suitable devices for graduating the pressure of the plate I and the movable arm 6 may be employed instead ofthe flat springs d and h.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a nose-gage, the plate A having the arm 0, provided with scale It and arm H pro- .vided with scale w; the plate E having the ar-mse and e pivoted on the plate A; in-com-- 'bination with the plate I movably attached to the plate A and with suitable, means for regulating the movement of the arm 6 and the edge j of the plate I'along the plate A,

' substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. In a nose-gage,,the plate A having the arm Gprovided'with scale is and the arm H provided with the scale w; the plate E pivoted at p on the plate A and having arms 6 and e in combination with the. plate I movably attached to the plate A by means of a pivot 10 rigidly attached to plate A, the said plateI moving freely back and forth on said pivot by means of the slotrc, and being'held in place by the head ofthe; pivot 19, with the springs d and h for regulating the movement of the arm 6, and the edge j of the plate I along the plate A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ABRAM M. FRANKEL.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. CRAWFORD, -WILLIAM T, RUSHFORD. 

